Podcast — Episode 03 Andrew McLeish Cover Photographer, TopBest Magazine — Q3 2025

This conversation is not about a single image, but about the conditions that allow meaningful work to emerge — attention, persistence, and trust in one’s own visual language.

In this episode

• The story behind the cover image

• Working without urgency in a fast visual culture

• Analog photography

• Editing as an act of clarity

• Imperfections as a creative option

About the guest

Andrew McLeish is a photographer whose work explores atmosphere, presence, and subtle narrative. His images resist immediacy, inviting the viewer into a slower form of seeing. In 2025, his photograph was selected as the cover of the TopBest Magazine – Q3, following a community vote among three curated finalists.

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